Duke's Season of Bad Luck
Mike Krzyzewski the legendary Duke coach boasts a 150-game win streak in Cameron Indoor Stadium against non-conference opponents dating back to 2000, the longest in the NCAA.
Duke fell to Stephen F. Austin 85-83 on Tuesday night after Lumberjacks forward Nathan Bain sunk a buzzer-beating layup in overtime, shocking the Blue Devils.
Stephen F. Austin rallied back from an early first-half hole to tie the game by the under-8 timeout in the second half. Duke guard Cassius Stanley, after bouncing back and forth in the final eight minutes, had a chance to end the game in regulation. His off-balanced shot at the buzzer, however, was off the mark.
The overtime period wasn’t any better for Duke offensively. The Blue Devils started out with four turnovers and put up just three shots in the first four minutes, allowing the Lumberjacks to stick right with them.
With just seven seconds left on the clock, Duke guard Tre Jones attempted to feed the ball inside to get one final shot. The pass, though, was tipped away by Gavin Kensmil, who then rolled over and found a wide open Bain cutting up the middle of the floor.
Bain, instead of pulling up, went straight to the rim and just barely got off the layup before the buzzer hit, sending Stephen F. Austin to the stunning two-point win.
Kevon Harris led the Lumberjacks with 26 points on the night, shooting 11-of-16 from the field, and Cameron Johnson dropped 16 points off the bench. Kensmil finished with 15, and Bain added 11.
Vernon Carey led Duke with 20 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. Jones finished with 17 points and 12 assists. The Blue Devils finished with 22 turnovers as a team, too, and shot just 5-of-15 from the 3-point line. They had no answer for the Lumberjacks inside, either, as Stephen F. Austin scored 64 of its 85 points from inside the paint.
Duke is now the second top-ranked team to fall to an unranked opponent at home this season, following then-No. 1 Kentucky’s 67-64 loss to Evansville on Nov. 18.
While the win will go down as one of the best upsets in college basketball history, Keller isn’t going to let his players get too excited because of it. He knows that, as a member of the Southland Conference, they still have a long way to go to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Duke fell to Stephen F. Austin 85-83 on Tuesday night after Lumberjacks forward Nathan Bain sunk a buzzer-beating layup in overtime, shocking the Blue Devils.
Stephen F. Austin rallied back from an early first-half hole to tie the game by the under-8 timeout in the second half. Duke guard Cassius Stanley, after bouncing back and forth in the final eight minutes, had a chance to end the game in regulation. His off-balanced shot at the buzzer, however, was off the mark.
The overtime period wasn’t any better for Duke offensively. The Blue Devils started out with four turnovers and put up just three shots in the first four minutes, allowing the Lumberjacks to stick right with them.
With just seven seconds left on the clock, Duke guard Tre Jones attempted to feed the ball inside to get one final shot. The pass, though, was tipped away by Gavin Kensmil, who then rolled over and found a wide open Bain cutting up the middle of the floor.
Bain, instead of pulling up, went straight to the rim and just barely got off the layup before the buzzer hit, sending Stephen F. Austin to the stunning two-point win.
Kevon Harris led the Lumberjacks with 26 points on the night, shooting 11-of-16 from the field, and Cameron Johnson dropped 16 points off the bench. Kensmil finished with 15, and Bain added 11.
Vernon Carey led Duke with 20 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. Jones finished with 17 points and 12 assists. The Blue Devils finished with 22 turnovers as a team, too, and shot just 5-of-15 from the 3-point line. They had no answer for the Lumberjacks inside, either, as Stephen F. Austin scored 64 of its 85 points from inside the paint.
Duke is now the second top-ranked team to fall to an unranked opponent at home this season, following then-No. 1 Kentucky’s 67-64 loss to Evansville on Nov. 18.
While the win will go down as one of the best upsets in college basketball history, Keller isn’t going to let his players get too excited because of it. He knows that, as a member of the Southland Conference, they still have a long way to go to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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